# News-to-blog automation with OpenAI and Leonardo AI: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 25 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/news-to-blog-automation-with-openai-and-leonardo-ai (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# News-to-blog automation with OpenAI and Leonardo AI

Started by a clock, and works across RSS. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 25 steps, 1 branch, 1 loop or waits: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fnews-to-blog-automation-with-openai-and-leonardo-ai)

**25 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**1** Branch: places the flow splits

**1** Loop or waits

**1** Service it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 2 Logic 12 Service 10

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Schedule Trigger** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Google News RSS** Rss Feed Read *Service*
- 3 **GDELT Docs API** Http Request *Service*
- 4 **Merge News** Merge *Logic*
- 5 **Within dedupe** Code *Logic*
- 6 **Top Headlines** Code *Logic*
- 7 **Classify Headlines** Code *Logic*
- 8 **Writing Style** Code *Logic*
- 9 **Build GPT body** Code *Logic*
- 10 **Research Topic – GPT** Http Request *Service*
- 11 **Build Tone Request** Code *Logic*
- 12 **Tone & Format Revision – GPT** Http Request *Service*
- 13 **Word Count Guard** Code *Logic*
- 14 **If1** If *Logic*
- 15 **Expand Draft** Open Ai *Model*
- 16 **Get Title, Content, and Image FileName** Code *Logic*
- 17 **Leonardo Prompt Creator** Open Ai *Model*
- 18 **Leonardo: Create Post Image** Http Request *Service*
- 19 **Code** Code *Logic*
- 20 **Wait** Wait *Logic*
- 21 **Get Leonardo Image Status** Http Request *Service*
- 22 **Get Leonardo Image** Http Request *Service*
- 23 **Upload Image to Wordpress** Http Request *Service*
- 24 **Add ALT to Image** Http Request *Service*
- 25 **Create WordPress Post** Http Request *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 25, with 1 branch, 1 loop or waits
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** RSS
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own RSS account, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 25 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 25 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fnews-to-blog-automation-with-openai-and-leonardo-ai)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=RSS#library)

## Workflows like it

Also content, with the same services where possible, closest in size first.

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- [**Automated WordPress Blogger with Claude and OpenAI** 25 steps · calls a model · Google Sheets, RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automated-wordpress-blogger-with-claude-and-openai)
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- [**Automate AI news posting on X/Twitter with Telegram** 24 steps · calls a model · RSS, Telegram](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-ai-news-posting-on-x-twitter-with-telegram)
- [**Automate RSS to Instagram with Cloudinary** 24 steps · calls a model · RSS](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-rss-to-instagram-with-cloudinary)
- [**Automate blog-to-social media with OpenAI and Reddit** 24 steps · calls a model · LinkedIn, Postgres](https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-blog-to-social-media-with-openai-and-reddit)